Absolutely critical to TSM system performance. I had a "TSM Server" group created on the AV management server that excludes these as well as my adsm.sys folder. That allows me to just add any new TSM servers to the group and not have to worry about individual server policies. At first the AV admin cried, but I explained that if his software is doing its job then the data should already be scanned when I receive it :) !
~Rick Jax-FL -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Xav Paice Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 7:46 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM server and anti-virus software ----- "Wanda Prather" <wprat...@icfi.com> wrote: > > Found this recommendation from TSM support: > > > > http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21367186&myns=swgtiv&my > np=OCSSSQWC&mynp=OCSSGSG7&mync=R > > > > Now can somebody give me a helping hand on what that means I need to > do > for a Windows 6.1.3.1 server with Norton Anti-virus - > > > > Should I create exclusions for the disk pool files under Configure > > Filesystem AutoProtect > Options > Exclude Selected Files and > Folders? > Am I warm? Am I missing anything? > > Absolutely on the button. As the article says, ensure the various locations or individual files are all excluded from real time scanning, and watch as the performance of your server improves. In general, exclude the directories for logs and database (since you won't want to specify each one individually unless you have a lot of time on your hands) and if you really want to you can specify files for storage pool volumes, or a common extension if you use one. Just don't specify C:\Windows\System32 as a directory exclusion ;)
